Wudzdog History – From Woodstock to Wudzdog

In 2000 the first open air takes place in Dornstadt. It begins as a one-day event at which mostly Woodstock music is played. Despite 30 litres of rain shortly before the event, around 600 visitors come – the organisers are completely surprised by the huge response and not yet prepared for infrastructure, security or a fixed organisation. This is where the roots of Wudzdog lie.

Best-known bands: Die Schnitter, Buckets of Rain, Cashma Hoody

Other bands: Crazy Peanuts, Electric Lizard, Jumpin’ Juice, Sittich, Tillmann, Watawinonas, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Mutabor, Transsylvanians, Neues Glas aus alten Scherben

Other bands: Mars Mushrooms, Lametto, NRG Vibes, NTS, Sally Gab, Side Show Bob, Watawinonas, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Schandmaul, Tito & Tarantula, Birth Control

Other bands: Klaus der Geiger, Daddy Long Legs, Electric Lizard, Headcornerstone, Pangäa, Pichi and Friends, Strahler, Superskank, Tote Lichter, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Fischer –Z, Guru Guru, Normahl

Other bands: Mellow Mark, Les Babacools, Lex Barker Experience, Kubata, Carpediem, Spitting Off Tall Buildings, Stone the Crow, United Warriors, Weißwurscht’is, Wild Chill

Best-known bands: Hans Söllner & Bayaman Sissdem, Stoppok-Solo, Skaos

Other bands: Jahcoustix, Anajo, Bubble Beatz, Lex Barker Experience, Kuersche, AK 4711, Bar Fuuhs, Bleeding Hearts, Carpediem, Tintenfisch, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Ten Years After, Tito & Tarantula, Mutabor

Other bands: Panteón Rococó, Siena Root, Bernd Witthüser, Rodscha & Tom, Roykey, Medassi, Musikkapelle Dornstadt, Pichi and Friends, The Beatlesons, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Spencer Davis Group, Birth Control, Skaos

Other bands: Klaus der Geiger, Cultus Ferox, Abuela Coca, Orange, Rodscha & Tom, Revelling Crooks, Beatlesons, My New Zoo, Peilsender, Sixth Revelation, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: Pavlov’s Dog, 17 Hippies, Jamaram

Other bands: Coppelius, Siena Root, Wally Warning Roots Band, Lord Bishop Rocks, Rodscha & Tom, Blues Nuts, Dexter Jones Circus, Les Cameleons, Pulsare, Weißwurscht’is, Wildcamping

Best-known bands: Ten Years After, New Model Army, Guru Guru

Other bands: La Brass Banda, Fiddler’s Green, La Vela Puerca, Grachmusikoff, Rainer von Vielen, Orange, Darei, Manana Me Chanto, Martin C. Herberg, Musikkapelle Dornstadt

Best-known bands: Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Roger Chapman & The Shortlist, Talco

Other bands: Jamaram, Rainer von Vielen, The Brew, Baskery, Keller Steff Band, Sebastian Sturm & Jin Jin Band, Kiemsa, Lord Bishop Rocks, Catha Rani, Christoph Martin, Solar Dream

Best-known bands: Canned Heat, Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Mono & Nikitaman

Other bands: Jahcoustix, Karamelo Santo, Martin Jondo, Dreadnoughts, Wallis Bird & Band, RotFront, Weiherer, The Brew, Sutcliffe, Tir nan Og, Yopi & Consenso

Best-known bands: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Mother’s Finest, Irie Révoltés

Other bands: Che Sudaka, Klaus der Geiger, Rainer von Vielen, Wallis Bird & Band, Dr. Krápula, Hamburg Blues Band, Ziehgäuner, Orange, Karl Hlamkin & Flammable Orchestra, Moonband, Weißwurscht’is

Best-known bands: New Model Army, Birth Control, Kofelgschroa

Other bands: Animals and Friends, Jamaram, Skaos, Maxim + Band, Martin Jondo, De Wolff, Les Yeux D’La Tete, Palko Muski, Daisy O’Hara, Dub a la Pub, Ginger

Best-known bands: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Hans Söllner & Bayaman Sissdem, Irie Révoltés

Other bands: Animals and Friends, Dota und die Stadtpiraten, Rainer von Vielen, De Wolff, Weiherer, Zwoastoa, Marblewood (ex Ginger), Palko Muski, Scherbe kontra Bass, Daisy O’Hara, Dub a la Pub

Best-known bands: Wishbone Ash, Ton Steine Scherben, Moop Mama

Other bands: Ken Hensley & Live Fire, Mellow Mark, Siena Root, Monobo Son, Cyntha Nickschas + Band, Train to Roots, Orange, Provinztheater, Revelling Crooks, Confusion, Pichi and Friends, Well Done

Best-known bands: The Pretty Things, Pavlov’s Dog, Kofelgschroa

Other bands: Mono & Nikitaman, Ohrbooten, Bröselmaschine, Miwata, Raggabund, Wille and the Bandits, Cyntha Nickschas + Band, Wucan, Bazzookas, Kunstbanausen, Donkeyhonk Company, The Dues, Time Slip

Best-known bands: Nina Hagen + Band, Birth Control, Guru Guru

Other bands: Die Sterne, Mutabor, Sarah Lesch, Äl Jawala, Rainer von Vielen, My Baby, Gamskampler, Mars Mushrooms, Blümchenknicker, Christoph Martin, Last Avenue, Mainfelt, Sunny Vegas, TommiLee & Friends

Best-known bands: Selig, Fischer –Z, Bukahara

Other bands: My Baby, Bazzookas, The Red Paintings, España Circo Este, Orange, Rodscha & Tom, Aoxotoxoa, DJ Euka, Donkeyhonk Company, Pichi and Friends, Shirley Holmes, Voodoo Chile Experience, Weißwurscht’is, Willow Child

Best-known bands: Nazareth, Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi, Django 3000

Other bands: Bananafishbones, Jamaram, Rodscha & Tom, ALC und Band, Gruppa Karl-Marx-Stadt, Lemoto, Long Way Home, Maki Roots, Mantra Tribe, Musikkapelle Dornstadt, Roots Radicals, Skolka, Stack, Weißwurscht’is

Due to the pandemic, no regular festival takes place in these two years.

This results in a new rule of arithmetic: from now on, don’t add 1 but subtract 1 (Wudzdog 2022 = the 22-1th Wudzdog)

Best-known bands: Fools Garden, GReeeN, Dritte Wahl

Other bands: Loisach Marci, My Baby, Tribali, The Magic Mumble Jumble, Mars Mushrooms, Doctor Victor, Jacuzzi, Stack, Jugendkapelle Lehmingen-Dornstadt, ErpfenBrass, Esmeralda, Ingmar Beh, KIZZRock, Life On Wheels, Matthias Fischer – Märchen, Nordilo, Rafiki, The Heat, Tobi POI Workshop, Tripping Blind, Van Haezeler, Weißwurscht’is, Who Dem A

Best-known bands: Slade, Rantanplan, Bröselmaschine

Other bands: Mola, The Magic Mumble Jumble, Rodscha und Tom, Fliegende Haie, Herr Meyer, Unlimited Culture, Hattori Hanzi, Passepartout, Pica-Pau, AEG Bigband, Jugendkapelle Lehmingen-Dornstadt, Ami Lyons, Amira Rosa, Beyond Confidence, Cook Ray’s Gone, Hellraisers and Beerdrinkers, Hertzcasper, Hieu, Ingmar Beh, Jane Doe, John Doe & The Black Birds, Maximilian Adler & The SPNB, Melli Zech, Raffi Platz, Tasheeno, Twinpa, Waiting For Summer

Best-known bands: Shantel & BCS, Kraan, ZSK

Other bands: The Busters, La P’tite Fumée, ok.danke.tschüss, Siena Root, Karin Rabhansl, Mars Mushrooms, Revelling Crooks, Rootsman Fyah, Stack, Matija, Pica-Pau, Toni Komisch, Flukes, AEG Bigband, Jugendkapelle Lehmingen-Dornstadt, 84K, aa–legrand, Crimson Spirit, DIS M, Ingmar Beh, Josy, kleinstadt, Moltke & Mörike, Power Station, Pudding, Saulė, Serotonia, Seventh Floor, Tone Wizard, Twinpa

Best-known bands: New Model Army, Kraan, Rogers

Other bands: Jamaram, Mellow Mark, Cari Cari, La P’tite Fumée, The Magic Mumble Jumble, Mars Mushrooms, Orange, Revelling Crooks, Doctor Victor, Rootsman Fyah, Raum27, Maiva, Toni Komisch, AEG Bigband, Jugendkapelle Lehmingen-Dornstadt, David Gramberg

Best-known bands: Ten Years After, Dubioza Kolektiv, Guru Guru

Other bands: Mezerg, Gankino Circus, Götz Widmann, Leif de Leeuw, Gruppa Karl-Marx-Stadt, Andi und die Affenbande, Atom Juice, Casafungo, Dubarise, Fayan, Funky Times, Gebrüder Mühlleitner, Make A Move, Oriom, The Ancestry Program